. >> the first response to the united states must be outrage at the breach of the sovereignty of our nation and apology for america's values is never the right course. >> i thought he ought to apologize and i don't think he knows what he's talking about frankly. it's that simple. >> reporter: president obama's response to what mitt romney said, governor romney said the president has a tendency to shoot first and ask question. s later. this is getting pretty nasty and -- questions later. this is getting pretty nasty in the case of a real tragedy overseas. >>> thousands of protesters gathered outside the u.s. embassy in cairo to demonstrate against the same film. they scaled the exterior walls and pulled down an american flag. they also tried to raise a black flag with the words there's no god, but allah and muhammad is his messenger. >>> some of the country's most experienced diplomats are graduates of the johns hopkins graduate school of advanced international studies here in d.c. the flag is it at half staff tonight on the washington campus. students say they have learned from exper